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Tag results: Formats

A Bigger, Better Tape

The story behind the Elcaset, one of Sony’s first attempts to prove that it could make a better format than everyone else.

An Annoying Clicking Sound

The hardware company Iomega pulled off a neat trick with its Zip disk: It was proprietary, but popular. But it was a bad thing when things started clicking.

Format War Footnotes

Laserdisc, anyone? How about HitClips? And what's the deal with slotMusic? All these media formats were made for some reason. We're not sure why.
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